Dave Porter in the Gold Fields; Or, The Search for the Landslide Mine

Dave Porter in the Gold Fields is a complete story in itself, but forms the tenth volume in a line issued under the general title of Dave Porter Series.
The series was begun some years ago by the publication of Dave Porter at Oak Hall, in which my young readers were introduced to a typical American lad at a typical American boarding school.
There was at that time a cloud over Dave's parentage, and to clear this away he took a long sea voyage, as related in the next volume, entitled Dave Porter in the South Seas. Then he came back to school, as told of in Dave Porter's Return to School, in which he gave one of the local bullies a much-needed lesson.
During a vacation Dave journeyed to Norway, as related in Dave Porter in the Far North, and then came back to Oak Hall, to win various honors, as recorded in Dave Porter and His Classmates. Then came an opportunity to visit the West, and how our hero did this is set down in the book called Dave Porter at Star Ranch. When he returned to school many strenuous happenings awaited him, and what they were will be found in Dave Porter and His Rivals.
Dave had lived for years with a rich manufacturer of jewelry, and when this man was robbed it was our hero who followed the criminals in a long flight, as told in Dave Porter on Cave Island. Then, with the booty in his possession, the youth returned home, to go back to school, from which he soon after graduated with honors, as shown in the volume preceding this, entitled, Dave Porter and the Runaways.
In the present volume are related the particulars of another trip West, taken by Dave and his chums to locate a lost gold mine, willed to Roger Morr's mother by her brother. The boys had some strenuous happenings, and some of their old-time enemies did all they could to bring their expedition to grief. But Dave showed his common sense and his courage, and in the end all went well.
Once again I thank my young readers for the interest they have shown in my books. I trust that the reading of this volume will benefit them all.